Adjustable powder dispenser



1,638,584* Aug. 9,1927. A. J. KRANK ADJUSTABLE POWDER DISPENSER FiledAug. 24, 1925 Hlfred J. Krank Patented ug. 9, 1927. Y

ALFRED J. KEANK, oFfsT. PAL, MiNNEs'oTA.

j ADJUSTABLE POWDER DISPENSER. l, v l

Application inea August 24, i925. serial N. 51,956. i

linvention relates to dan .adjustable powder dispenser wherein provide apowder and puffcompact of/a design to permit the powder to be cariiedina loose form so that it can be dispensed; readily `when itis desir-eddirectly onto; the puffn and @without loss, which Ypermits the dispenserto be made small and compact, a feature which is very desirable in anarticle of this' nature.

My invention4 includes m'eans for dispensing the powder by avdispensing` cup which maybe rotated in either direction, and as the cupisrotated the powder is pushed through small openings directly invContact l'with the .powder puff. This permits just the exact amount ofpowder as is desired to be dispensed unto the puff and preventsthepowder from being spilled out .of the compactl when the cover offth-e compactis opened, The use ofloose powder in a compactismostdesirable as it does not become injured by dropping the compact7 whichis the case where kthe powder is in 'the cake form. v The powder cannotordinarilycome out'fof the compact unless the dispensing cup-isoperated. fThis provides means of econoinizing 'in the.` use ofthepowd-er and thus only a small amountl of lpowder'is required to becarried in the powder compact.

It is also a feature of my inventiontofprovide a dispensing cup whichincludes means for holding the powder puff so that it cannot fall out ofthe compact when the cover of the same is opened.. This lmeans of hold!ing the powder puff vis very desirable as it permits the compact to beopened at, any time without danger of the i,puff fallingout Vvand.without danger of spilling the powder when the compact is-opened. Inthis manner the powder puff is held in the dispensing cup, sealing thepowder from the mirror side of the compact and keeping themirrorpracticallyv free vfrom powder dust under ordinary circumstances.

I include in my invention means for hold' ing and causing to' hold thepowder in the powder compartment against -rotation whenV vit packs inthe powder compartment. This permits the powder` to be engaged andcom-v. pressed bythe dispensing Y cup to force the powder through theopenings in .-the `dis` pensingv 'cupn when the cup is "rotated, and

as the powder is dispensed, the cup is pressed.

down intothe powder compartment.

My powder dispenser is adjustable in'V the amount of powder dispensedunto the pu'and separable so that powder caribe renewed into the powdercompartment.` vThe 4coiistiuctioii'of. my powder dispenser is eX-tremely .simple and operatesr inan edective manner; with lsmall compactparts yso that my powder dispenser is madeup in a small, thin, flatstate, yet Acarrying anzample supply offpowder and having a mostdesirable puff holding means. i i

All of the features and vobjects will be more fully set forth in thespecificationV and In the drawings forming, part of my specification;

Figure lis alside view enlarged formation.l v

Figure 2 is a cross section on the lineQ-Q of Figure 1. l" Y I I sFigure' is anenlarged perspective view ofthe dispensingcu'p removed fromthe powder dispenser. Figure 4 illustratestheV operating ringof thedispensing cup. i j x Figure 5 illustrates the'dispensing''cup in'l `aplan view with the operating [ring removed.. i i

Figure 6 vis a planfview of thel insideljoff.'`

the bottomofrmy powdervdispenser. f

' Figure 7 kis a similarlviewv to Figurev 6,

illustrating a .different formation yembossed in the bottom. v

My adjustable ypowderV dispenserA `is formed with a top ,10 anda bottomvportion 11 which parts arehinged together at12 in the'ordinary wellr'known manner,*s0. that the top 10 ts'over' the bottom 11 to close theVcomp-act A lwheniiot desired for use. The drawings illustratethe'.compact in an enlarged formation vto more clearly illustrate the parts.-

My adjustable powder ispenser is proj-` I vided with a mirror 13 inthecover portion 1() which is held by the ring 14 in the -ordi- 3f A narywell known mannen The mirror porv-` tion/11 ofv the powder dispenser Ais emeu j.

bossed in thev bottom wall`15 thereof `to *provide4v an irregulardesign, suchpas a stary 16, or the -Tfserrations 17 projecting'up intol.10.5. fbo'ssed surface orformation, suchas 16gory the .powdercompartment 18.v This' em- 17 in the powder "compartment, 18,1 formsmeansl for engaging thev powder Lheld in theS compartmentlto prevent itfrom packing iio and rotating ,inl a mass in the I)peration of mydispenser. 1 i Iqprovide a dispensing cup 19 which is' f 70. of mycompact in provided witha series of openings 2O of a themetal formingthe 'bottom 21 oft fthe' dissmall, Atriangular shape formed by 'piercingpensing cup 19, and leaving the metal which is punched `out to formtheopenings'QO projecting into the powder "cutting points, "sfu'ch` as22. l,These points extendromseachopeni fing '201 and vprojectinto the"powder compartment. 18. The points 2,2 'are sharpv and Vcut 3 lll.

the-powder vasjthe dispenser-cup 19 is rotate/d." a 'f v 1, The powderdispensingcupl') is provided with an operating Vring 23, which isYrigidly attached vto the Vpowder ycup 19 by the de- Y pendinglange V24,'and which is prcrvidedV with .1t-horizontally extending flange 25 to"form anengaging shoulder across th'etop and .aboutrthje Vei'itiredispensing cup 19.

The upper surface oi? the flange 25 is formed l manner soeasfto'rough'en the flange 25 so` iv thatft may be easily engaged by thelingers kto rotate the. dispensing cup `19.

*The operatingring 23 is ysecuredyto the dispensing cup 19 in anysuitable manner vandmaybe formed integral therewith ifit isdesiired Y uY The flange 2540i the ring 23 forms animportant feature of myfinventionas it pro-l vides an yannular ,shoulder which engages' about theperiphery of the powder pui B to-liold thesame against tree disenoaement from the Vdispensing cup 19., It -will'l be vquite apparentthatthis is important-because uponopeningthe cover 10. vof t-he compactveA, runless the puff was held against disengagement. it would be apt'tofall out if the compact weretilted accidentally, and in this f way thepowder puit v*would become soiled,

which lis'fvery objectionablejin .powder compacts.- The :fact Vthat mypowder puit lB Ais held against disengagement fromA the disv-.pensingcupl)v alsorprovides a very desiri 'i able feature, as itI holdsthe puitV B against the openings 2O and .prevents any powder `trom bein@spilled outV of the dis ensino` cu e: i c p underordinary circumstances.Y e In operationV my `adyustable powder dis- Vpenser'compact'isverydesirable for useas the mirror is kept practically clear of anyloosepowder, the purlV being held under the ilange @Sin place inthedispensing cup 19. The dispensing cup y19 rictionally engages the'sidewallet the powder compact `18 and is f held against free j engagementtherefrom,

but is suiiioiently free to be rotated so that VVthe powder'trom the'coinpactflS'can be cut by. the points 22 and pushed throughy theopenings 2O when the operating ring .23 is engaged kon theserratedsurtace 26 to rotate the dispensing eupl9 in either directionand Vcanse the desired amount of' powder -to be fin the `scope beingdispensed unto thepnif from the compart`- y ment 18. Y

Xdhen the desired amountof powder has been dispensed to the puii B, theypull ,B is

readily removed by engaging the 'puff strap S28, disengaging'the purl'from the dispensing `cup 19 yfrom `under lthe flange 25. As the pull isremoved fromrthe cup 19, it having collected all of vthe v powderdispensed through the openings 20, the dispensing cup is leftV empty"and theA openings 2O being small, practically no powder will fall outthrough these openings, and thus I provide a very veconomical, andpractical means oi' holdingpowderH in a compact -and Vfor ad-` vgustingthe samevr to kdispense the desired amount of powder by the rotation ofthe Y dispensingcup 19 and by-holdingthe puff against dropping out ofthecnp 19 bythe flange 25.. The dispensing cup V19 is yrotated until thepowder;compartment-,18 is practically einpty'andat thispoint thevdispensing cup has penetratedinto the` compartment The drawingsiillustrat'ea Aparticular for! mation of my adjustablepowder dispensing'compactf and I vhave illustrated @and defscribed my invention inaccordance with the patent statutes, but l desire to have it Ylinder-Vstood that-theseudrawi'ngs are onlyillustrative of a particular meansof carrying vont Y my invention and tliatthe'invention can be applied touses other than those above set.

forth andcarried out by other means withg 'of the following claims.lclaim: l f e i 1'. vAn adjustable dispenser having, a top and bottommember, said'bottom member loose powder, means formed in thebottommember touprevent the-powder from .slipping therein, a dispensing cupcarried by said bottom member and an engaging' surtace formed onsaidfdispensing cup to permit-the rotation of the same'in either'direcltion to y dispenseA powder' through theV cup Vtromsaid powdercompartment.

'2. A compact for powder including,a.casing, a dispensing cup withinsaid casing, putt' holding means within the cup to prevent treeydisengagement of the pun from the cup and a serrated surface vwithinkthe casing to hold the powder stationary in the i ALFRED J. KRANK.

the casing.

adapted to yform a compartment iior lsame when the dispensing cup' isrotated in e

